Encounters at the Edge of the Muslim World : A Political Memoir of Kyrgyzstan.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Note on Usage -- 1 Conversations with Bolot -- 2 From Moscow to Bishkek (or Kirgizia, Kirgizstan, Kyrgyzstan) -- 3 The Present Is History -- 4 Hope Abounds -- 5 Traveling the Chu Valley -- 6 The Power of Words -- 7 Kyrgyzstan Goes to the Polls -- 8 Central Asia through Students' Eyes -- 9 Falsification and Conciliation -- 10 Borders and Regions Bedevil a President -- 11 The Tulip Revolution -- 12 The Revolution Betrayed -- 13 Fear Stalks the Land -- 14 Talk of Kinship, Gender, and Islam -- 15 Taking the Lonely Road Home -- 16 The Netherworld of the Opposition -- 17 Bakiev Falls, Washington Reacts -- 18 Revolutionary Legality versus Transitional Justice -- 19 June 2010 -- 20 "We Either Have Fair Elections, or We Have Violence" -- 21 First Steps on the Parliamentary Road -- 22 Without Abuse, Power Loses Its Charm -- 23 Goodbye to Manas -- 24 In Osh the Past Is Never Dead -- 25 Preparing for a Presidential Afterlife -- 26 A Stan Like No Other -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

This deeply informed book provides the only sustained political history of independent Kyrgyzstan, explaining events in the context of its society and the broader international order. Eugene Huskey draws on his unique access to political figures to carefully weave the changes in Kyrgyzstan into his own firsthand account of life in the country.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.